And the Answer Is...

Ever since August 1 when I had the small brown dot on my leg removed, I have been on pins and needles every time the phone rang. They had said it might take up to 2 weeks to find out the results of the biopsy.

Whenever I have one of these questionable spots removed, I always ask the doctor what he thinks. Dr. Peck said he honestly did not think it was melanoma, but it still looked a little odd and it had grown by 30% in just 4 months.

Yesterday when I still hadn’t heard, I called his office at Washington Hospital Center and spoke to his assistant who had done the “scoop” biopsy. He told me it seemed to be taking longer than usual to get results back.

I half seriously said to my friend Deborah last night, “God forbid they should lose the brown dot. They would then have to assume the worst and do more surgery.”

But today I got the call. I didn’t even want to hear the details of the pathology report. The word BENIGN was all I needed to know.

A big sigh of relief as I wait for the next questionable brown dot to present itself. With my skin, it is inevitable. But for now, I am just fine.